Trolley-wheel holder and guide.



w. A. GUNN & L. WLLINK. TROLLEY WHEEL HOLDER AND GUIDE.

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Figure 1' a .;side elevation showing; the position of the, forks when running. ,flhe dotted lines indicate ,the position of the holder; when the forksr are \thrown, upwfor. patchirlgihetrolgley wire when the trolley.

whiclr faeestoward tthe leftin Fig.1 In,

- this I Fig. 2,5. the forks are .thrown j up, and. the other parts are in the positions they occupy when the forks. are thuslelevated,

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A indicates a trolley pol en, B, C, 0,;respeetivel yindgicate the tive portions; of the? trolley; pole. fork; The arms I C, C are attachedto the support =B beneathnthem and are preferahlyflinte gralttherewithu; The support Byis suitably mountedon the support Each arm C is provided with v an eye 01"- hearing G3 which to. Lthe not-her and -v trolley heel pivotally supports struction, at present employed, the trolley Wheel: is rotatable upon the axle D,-.we have, ilhlstrated-it in the drawing, i The axle D is heldinplace by suitable (ii e1" ;vices;;- preferably it: is held by the split spring I pins D respectively 1 passing thronghfztho se porti ns ofgthe. ends \ofi the axle whichia're" outside of-the adjacent arm ofthe trolley poletiork 1- I w 1-: 1i :Thetrolleywhetil E -is preferably con- 1 wxmjsram A enNieA-nn LEWIS mitiyor ctNcINN-M fomo-qp WHEEL Hermann. AND Gum:

" staezl aeaay ma fWaiLJna-ae QS of saidwheels', Oriepommon form -1s,1llus-.

trated in the drawing, namely: thewheelj has: a peripheral groove Fconsisting of a deepgroove F in which the trolley wire;X 1

lies when the said .wheel- E is running regui larly against the said trolley .wire The,

. remainder of the said groove Ffconsists of, twp

inclined faces 1F? and F one on each sidepf the central groove, F 'Each'of .said faces F isqinclineduupward from the adjace ntflend,c v

ot the central grooveF outward to. theadj acent outward zedge ofthe, wheel rim The functionof this saldggroove well nnderr 7 0 stood v In. the event oi either'fac e F ofthe groove vv F neetin g the trolley wire, as, the

reepec the groove. F ofthe, said wheel,

1 WeEp p a frame fi, Th s fr me. h s, two side, pieces-H, 1H, and means whereby 30 they are connected substantially as hereinafter. specified; One of theseside pieces H I is at one side of the'trolley wheellEandbe- ,7

tween the latter and: the adjacent arm Q of 4 L Weshall nowv proceedtgldescribe our in-;

the trolley fork, and the other, of-these sideias pieces H is.at;the other side, ofthe trolley wheel Band between the, latter. and th other I arm Q of the trolley wheel fork. Ea h' side 5 piece li is journaled on ithef axle D consequently isrotatable thereon.

Each .side pieceH-is providedwith an;

arm I whi chybegins near the adjacent r.-

' periph aljed'ge of!' h t o ywli el a d},

latter receives the adjacenttend of ,theaxl'e} I D-.,whioh crosses .iiro none of a the said arms 2 I Ea h side inclines .ontward.ly,away that plane 't ew e -Whi 1h s. a'l 't t ang e t th ,95

axle I Theifal. l ofi'each -the said arms I,."I makes;alcontiniiation oflthe' ad acer'rt T s,

I U 4. v I A bevel'surface FF Qf thetrolleywhelia d ni. Thetrolle'y wheel Eds located between the I arms C C, substantially. as shown, and it maybe rotatablewith the axle {D or upon it; I I asthe" :casemay 1365 .As in the usual con U ObjeCtQineOnta'ct withjtheonter end of ltlie, c \li f hesaida m 211 31 r d yi P i along the said'face, PQontO'thesaid lace F andv wheeLFg A p e l e'vi ed w th @Q I arm "J; and 'the outer' erid of ea'ch' of these arms J is eonn e'ctedv to a" cross bar J ata i placevbeyond the periphery; ofthewheel Thus as' the frame isj ';rotated ,npon 'thef axle e h s cross b r ti i o 'es. amen wa ter-anal the, periphery of said wheel F, andItherefOre does 'notf friction or otherwise de-th mele reente thl.

W will-mowproc ed tedescr'ibelour in invention and the mode: ofQits-applicationL is off the wires Fig. 2 isan end view of] Fig. 1,vl 1ok:ing atrsthat end olfthe device,

.hene nto thegroote ren't agug l cord B. This cord R is the means whereby,

the trolley pole A and what it carries is drawn down away from the trolley wire X,

and by-which the ascent ofthe' elastically upwardly impelled trolley pole and its a'c--' companiments is controlled, and, the trolley wheel E is directed toward the trolley wire X. y The preferred means for these purposes consist of a hook, or preferably of an eye J formed in the arm J A link J is at one end connected by this eye J to the arm J To the other end 0f this link is connected the said cord R. To further strengthen the connection between the said side pieces H, H, and make them as one frame G, we provide each side piece .H with an "arm K, and connect these arms K, K, outside of the periphery of the trolley wheel E by a cross bar K As before intimated, the entire frame G, as described is rotatable upon the axle D.

To render theframe Ur light and thus easily carried and manipulated, and also to economize metal in its construction, we make the side pieces H thin, and also the cross bars J and K thin. We provide each of the arms K with a strengthening rib K and each of the arms I with 'a reinforcing A thin web H extends from the adjacent edge of the arm K to the arm I, on that side of the trolley wheel E. A similar construction is present in the frame G on the other side of the said wheel. A curved rib H is present at that edge of the web 1:1 which is nearer to the axle D, andthe rib is immediately attached to the main "portion of the frame H.

Inasmuch as the weight of the arms I, I, and of the arms K, K, and of the'cross bar K overbalances the weight of the'arms J, J, and cross bar J 7, the device when left free to rotate on the axle -D will assume the posi-- tion shown in '1. These arms I, I would, if permitte fall still farther down and the cross barJ with stud J a would be elvated so that the link J 5 and the ro e B would bear against the trolley whee E. This .last named descent --would obviously injure the said link and the said rope, as well as-prevent the said wheel E from freely turning. To prevent the said device from so much of a. rotation, we place a stop L on each side frame H, so that when the 011% axis of each arm I is horizontalthe sai stop L shall impinge against the adjacent edge of the arm C of the said trolley wheel fork. 'A very convenient manner of forming this stop is to make use of the rib H at its forward end to be the'stop L, as illustrated in the drawing.

The mode in which our invention operates is as follows: The trolley pole A with the mechanism heretofore. described mounted upon it, is duly connected to the car to be electrically driven. The pole A is upwardly elasticallypressed by means of a springror' springs, whose location is well known. he

rope R is of the usual length to be within the reach of the conductor of the car. When the trolley wheel E-is in operative position,

it bears up against the trolley wire X, this wire being in the groove F of the said wheel E. Whenever it becomes necessary for the conductor to draw down the trolley wheel, eitherto shift it to another wire, or for any other reason, he moves the said wheel down by drawing down the rope B. As he pulls down this rope R -the latter draws after it the arm J of the frame G. This causes this frame G to rotate and moves the arms I, I, upward until they assume a vertical position. By this time the arms .J, J are directly below the lowest point of the periphery of the trolley wheel. The downward movement of the rope R being continued, the

whole device is moved down and away from the wire X. When it becomes desirable to locate the said trolley wheel against a trolley wire, then our said invention becomes of especial utility. As the conductor (opera.-

tor) allows the trolley wheel 'E and the trol- -ley pole to rise, he directs the said wheel beneath the wire with which he desires the;

said wheel to make contact. At this junc- 'ture,the spreading arms I, I are very use These hi and are of especial advantage. arms I, I, even though the said wheel is not directly below the said wire, do impin e agfinst' the said wire, and direct the said w eel'up to the wire, which latter receives the wire in the groove F? of it, the said wheel. The wide-spread, the extended reach ofthe said arms I, I, and their inclination adapt them to readily catch the wire, whenever. the trolley wheel is ina vertical plane reasonably near the vertical planes of the said wheel, and their respective inclines forming respectively a continuous adjacent inclination of the trolley wheel, the trolley wire has no impediment as it 'movesto the groove of the rising trolley wheel, but is thereby guided thereto ina certain sure and easy manner. Such a functional aid greatl assists the operator in causing the said tro ley wheel to make contact with the said wire, as he is not confinedto a field of operation of about one and one'quarter inches which is the width of the trolley wheel, but is given a field or rangev of some five or more inches within which he can let up the trolley wheel in the vicinity of thewire and yet make it successfully engage the wire, without fur-" ther efforts to make it so engage. So soon as the said wheel has made due engagement with the said trolley wire, the operator relinquishes his hold on the rope R. There-' upon the arms I, I- and that portion of the frame G which is adjacent to these-arms,

being: heavier than'the opposite portion of the frame, will i mediately fall until that edge of them and of the arms J J ,and that edge of the entire frame G, of which said arms form apart and which isnow uppermost, is in a' horizontal position. The'arms L-ljare prevented from falling'fart-her down and-unduly elevating the arms J, J, and

their rope R by means of the aforesaid stop -L. In this position. theframe G and the said arms are out of-interfe'rence with any mechanism, and therefore ontofzinterferthe conductor of the car will be saved.

Many slight changes may be madejin the ence with the said trolley wire. lVhenanother application of the said trolley wheel to a trolley wire'is necessary, the aforedescribed operations are repeated.

It will be at once apparent that by'the use of our invention, much time on the part of general form and arrangement of the parts described without departing from" our invention; We therefore consider ourselves at liberty -to make such'm'inor changes and alterations as fairly fall within the spirit and scope of our invention. V

What we claim as new. and of our invenv tion and desire .rope, "and said frame having a In combination, a trolley wheel holder, a trolley rope, a trolley wheel, and a frame rotatable relatively to the said holder and consisting of two side rotatable pieces, and

provided with outwardly inclined arms for tially. as and for the purposes specified.

In witness whereof, we have hereunto set our hands, In the presence of two subscr bing witnesses. v WILLIAM A. GUNNJ LEWIS W. LINK. Attest:

K. SMITH,

W. J. JOHNS.

to secure .by Letters-Pat- 

